LISBON: Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo shaved one second off the world half marathon record today when he clocked 57:31s in the Lisbon Half Marathon road race.
Kiplimo, a 10,000m bronze medallist at the Tokyo Olympics this year, broke the record set by Kenya’s Kibiwott Kandie in Valencia in 2020.
Kiplimo looked set for a sub-57-minute finish when he clocked 40:27s at the 15km mark.
But the 21-year-old eased up with no challengers in sight, winning the race by more than two minutes with Ethiopia’s Esa Huseyidin Mohamed second in 59:39s.